Rhea O'Neill
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       Education
  • MA in Painting, Wimbledon College of Art - University of the Arts London. 2008
  • BA in Fine Art, University of Reading, 2006    
      
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Collections
  • UK Government Art Collection
     
      Charity Auctions
  • 2010 BFAMI Christie's Auction, The Ryder Street Rooms, London, UK
     
      Award Nominations and Art Prizes
  • 2024 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Finalist.
  • 2024 Jacksons Art Prize, Long listed.
  • 2010 National Open Art Competition, Finalist show,  Minera Theatre, Chicester, UK.
  • 2010 Nominated for the Sovereign European Art Prize 2009
  • 2009 Praxis International Art, Award Winner MFA NOW Competition, group show (Identity Self, 1), 25th East 73rd Street, Manhattan, New York, USA
  • 2007 Short listed for the Celeste Art Prize 'Painting in its widest form', Brick Lane, London, UK
  • 2006 Boundary Gallery Painting Competition, Finalist show, Boundary Gallery, London, UK


       Press
  • May 2020, American Art Collector. Wildlife painting feature with Poets and Artists.
  • June 2017, A5 Zine Magazine. Artists profile and work feature. http://a5zine.bigcartel.com/
  • June 2017, Art Muzeo Magazine. Artists profile and work feature
  • November 2016, Huffington Post. British Invasion at the MOAH Lancaster by John Seed, Professor of Art and History. Show, artist's and theme article. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/british-invasion-at-the-museum-of-art-and-history_us_5831fb03e4b0eaa5f14d46d4
  • September 2013, American Art Collector. (R)evolution, Seven concurrent Women painting Women exhibitions. Show mention and discussion by Rochelle Belsito
  • July 2010, The East Hampton Star, Luscious Women at Solar Gallery. Show and artists discussion.
  • May 2008, Artists and Illustrators. Artist profile by Martha Alexander
  • December 2007- still in print. The Public Catalogue Foundation, Government Art Collection addition. A registered charity that aims to make every oil painting in public ownership in the UK accessible through a series of fully illustrated catalogues. ISBN- 978-1904931423
       
        Solo Exhibitions
  • 2026 (opening April 2nd) Dreamlands. Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
     
      Juried Exhibitions
  • 2025 Held together- Fragility and endurance in art, Visionary Art Collective, virtual and print.
  • 2019 Made in California, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California, USA.
  • 2018 Animalis, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
  • 2016 October, Sweet Sixteen, Coagula Curatorial, China Town, LA, USA. Juror-  Andi Campognone, Chief Curator, Museum of Art & History, Lancaster
  • 2016 May, BWAC Wide Open 7, Juror- Beth Saunders, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curatorial Assistant, NYC, USA
  • 2016 August, Special Invite, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, USA
  • 2013 Women Painting Women(R)evolution, Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
  • 2013 The 52nd International Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California, USA
  • 2012 Open Door 8, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • 2012 Masquerade, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
  • 2011 81st Annual Statewide Landscape Exhibit, Santa Cruz, California, USA
      
      Group Shows
  • 2026  Year of the Horse, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • 2025  Waking Light, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • 2025  Less is Always More, Flight Gallery, Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  • 2025  Confetti- Tiny Vices and Virtues, Sea Grandon Atelier, Warsaw, Indiana, USA.
  • 2025  Animalia, Quirky Fox Gallery, Taranaki, New Zealand.
  • 2025 Unbounded Light, Nanny Goat Gallery, Petaluma, California, USA.
  • 2025  Brink, Antler Gallery, Portland, Oregon, California, USA.
  • 2024  Ephemeral, Nanny Goat Gallery, Petaluma, California, USA.
  • 2023 Harvest, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • 2022 Nature Vs Nurture, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California, USA.
  • 2020 Abend 30th anniversary miniature show, Abend Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • 2020- 5 and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, California, USA. 
  • 2019 Abend 5x5 miniature show, Abend Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • 2018 Little Britain, Vita Arts Center, Venture, California, USA.
  • 2017  Flower Child, Modern Eden Gallery, San Fransisco, California, USA
  • 2016 / 2017 British Invasion,  MOAH Lancaster, California, USA.
  • 2015 Fundamental Ephemeris II, The Magic Cube, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
  • 2011 BigSmall Artists, Landscape and Memory, National Center of Performing Arts, Beijing, China (Irish Wave 2)
  • 2011 BigSmall Artists, Convergence 2, Siemens Art Space 798, Dashanzi District, Beijing, China (Irish Wave 2)
  • 2010 Solar, group show, Lush, Hamptons, New York, USA
  • 2010 New City Inn, Into the Woods, Chelsea, London, UK
  • 2010 Rollo Contemporary Art, group show, Paint!, Westminster, London, UK
  • 2010 BigSmall Artist's, A Series of visual art events in Beijing, China
  • 2009 Nunnery Bows Art Trust, Bigsmall Artist's, A collaborative exhibition of Chinese and Irish Artists, Mile End, London, UK
  • 2009 Long and Ryle Gallery, Remembered Landscape, London, UK
  • 2009 Rollo Contemporary Art, group show, On The Edge (Between Fantasy and Reality), Westminster, London, UK
  • 2008 Rollo Contemporary Art, group show (Emerge 1), Westminster, London, UK
     

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